THE YALE CEO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
CEO Intervention:

Modeling Accountabliity vs. Meddling Actions

 
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Yale University
June 1 and 2, 2006

Presenting Sponsors:
Deloitte & Touche LLP
NYSE Group
RHR International Company
Russell Reynolds Associates
The Thomson Corporation

Institute Sponsor:
United Parcel Service 

THURSDAY - June 1, 2006

YALE UNIVERSITY
Yale Law School

12:30 PM -Lunch Reception

2:30 PM - Welcome
Joel M. Podolny, Dean, Yale School of Management
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, CELI/Yale School of Management

SESSION #1
How Far is Your Reach?

Tracking Global Events from the Corner Office

John L. Gaddis, Cold War Historian, Yale University

James L. Donald, Starbucks Corporation
Steven J. Heyer, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
David Neeleman, JetBlue Airways Corporation
Keith L. Reinhard, DDB Worldwide

Joshua Bekenstein, Bain Capital
Catherine Ann Bertini, United Nations
Roland W. Betts, Chelsea Piers
Ashton B. Carter, Harvard Kennedy School
Rui Chenggang, China Central Television
Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs International
Jeffrey P. Koplan, Emory University
Jeffrey R. Williams, formerly Shenzhen Development Bank

Respondents
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale School of Management
Richard A. D'Aveni, Tuck School/Dartmouth College
Daniel C. Esty, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy

SESSION #2
Is It Fair to Always Blame the Boss?
Trusting Your Governance Systems

Stephen Berger, Odyssey Investment Partners
Joseph W. Brown, MBIA
Liz Claman, CNBC
John M. Connolly, Institutional Shareholder Services
Marsha J. Evans, formerly American Red Cross
John H. Eyler, formerly Toys "R" Us
Joseph S. Fichera, Saber Partners
Cynthia A. Glassman, US Securities & Exchange Commission
Harvey J. Goldschmid, Columbia Law School (SEC)
William J. Holstein, Directorship
Robert J. Kueppers, Deloitte & Touche USA
Ned Lamont, US Senate Candidate
Frederick J. Mancheski, Echlin (ret.)
David W. Miller, Yale Divinity School
Marlee S. Myers, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Jed S. Rakoff, US District Court-Southern New York
John D. Rogers, INVESCO
Daniel Scotto, formerly BNParibas
Christopher Shays, US House Representatives
Sherron S. Watkins, formerly Enron Corporation
Jeffrey K. Willemain, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Respondents
Norman J. Bartczak, Columbia University
Gary Brewer, Yale School of Management
Jonathan GS Koppell, Yale School of Management
Quinn Mills, Harvard Business School

Reception

Dinner

LEGEND IN LEADERSHIP AWARD

Award Presentation
James L. Donald
Starbucks Corporation

THOMAS G. STEMBERG
Founder
Staples

Session # 3
Are CEOs Wrong to Play Chief Marketing Officer?

Marty Albertson, Guitar Center
Brad Anderson, Best Buy Co.
Joel Babbit, Grey Global Atlanta
Jeffrey M. Cunningham, NewsMarkets
Rick Goings, Tupperware Brands Corporation
Kurt Kuehn, UPS
W. Austin Ligon, CarMax
Thomas G. Stemberg, Staples
Michael T. Wedge, BJ's Wholesale Club

Respondents
Ravi Dhar, Yale School of Management
Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard Business School
Jagdish N. Sheth, Goizueta Business School/Emory University

FRIDAY - June 2, 2006

7:00 AM - Breakfast
Omni New Haven - College Room

YALE UNIVERSITY
Yale Law School

SESSION #4
Do You Need Both Hands to Drive Operations?

Roger H. Ballou, CDI Corp.
Andrew B. Cogan, Knoll
James H. DeGraffrenreidt, Jr., Washington Gas Light
Raymond B. Gilmartin, Merck & Co. (ret.)
Jack D. Hidary, Standard & Poor's
Donald L. Laurie, Oyster International
Surya N. Mohapatra, Quest Diagnostics
Dan Reardon, The North Highland Company
David E. Reisner, The Nano Group
Desiree G. Rogers, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas
Andrew A. Stern, USInternetworking
Peter F. Straley, Health New England
John F. Ward, Russell Corporation
William D. Zollars, YRC Worldwide

Respondents
John H. Clippinger, Harvard Law School
Thomas H. Davenport, Babson College
Barry Nalebuff, Yale School of Management

SESSION #5 - Discussion Groups
Learning about Leadership at the Top:
Keeping Your Managers Current

Group A
Guy M. Beaudin, RHR International Company
John M. Hancock, formerly MFI Furniture Group

Group B
Gustav Carlson, The Thomson Corporation
Sarah Cliffe, Harvard Business Review
John M. Harris, Booz Allen Hamilton

Group C
Teresa M. DiStefano, RHR International Company
David S. Fowler, WJM Associates

Group D
Dante Capitano, RHR International Company
Elisabeth DeMarse, formerly Bankrate

Group E
Alayne Reesberg, Microsoft Corporation
Stephen K. Wagner, Deloitte Center for Corporate Governance

SESSION #6
Your Role as Chief Educator


Joel M. Podolny, Dean, Yale School of Management

Michael Beer, Harvard Business School
Jeffrey B. Brenzel, Yale University
Robert F. Bruner, University of Virginia

Robert C. Cullen, Thomson Scientific & Healthcare
James P. Firman, The National Council on the Aging
Gordon Grand III, Russell Reynolds Associates
Lynda J. Katz, Landmark College
Gregory S. Prince, Hampshire College (ret.)
Andrea Redmond, Russell Reynolds Associates
Dorothy K. Robinson, Yale University
June Sebley, Director, Henley Management College
Ralph C. Stayer, Johnsonville Sausage
Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Johnson C. Smith University

Lunch

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Role of Public Markets
in the Face of Growing CEO Enthusiasm
for Private Equity

Speaker Introduction
William N. Goetzmann
International Center for Finance
Yale School of Management


CATHERINE R. KINNEY
President
NYSE Group


Respondents
Joshua Bekenstein, Bain Capital
Zhiwu Chen, Yale School of Management
Ira M. Millstein, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Clarke Murphy, Russell Reynolds Associates
James D. Robinson III, RRE Ventures
Timothy L. Vaill, Boston Private Wealth Management Group

2:15 Adjournment

Gifts Courtesy of:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Russell Reynolds Associates
The Thomson Corporation
Tupperware Brands Corporation
USInternetworking